Trevor Jones
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-03-23 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Trevor Jones
Biography
Trevor Alfred Charles Jones (born 23 March 1949) is a South African composer of film and television scores, who has worked primarily in the United Kingdom.
He is best known for his scoring work during the 1980s and 1990s, where he worked on many acclaimed films including Excalibur, Runaway Train, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans and In the Name of the Father. Jones has collaborated with filmmakers like John Boorman, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jim Henson, Alan Parker, Jim Sheridan, Barbet Schroeder and Michael Mann.
Jones has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards for Best Film Music - for Mississippi Burning, The Last of the Mohicans, and Brassed Off. He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards - Best Original Score and Best Original Song, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special for the miniseries Merlin.
Jones has been a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain since 2006. In 1999, he became the first chair of the music department of the National Film and Television School.
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Known For
Acting
(2013)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
(2010)
Crew
(2008)
Three and Out
Original Music Composer
(2006)
Fields Of Freedom
Original Music Composer
(2006)
George Washington: We Fight to be Free
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Chaos
Original Music Composer
(2004)
Around the World in 80 Days
Original Music Composer
(2003)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Original Music Composer
(2003)
I'll Be There
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Crossroads
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Musician
(2001)
The Long Run
Original Music Composer
(2001)
To End All Wars
Original Music Composer
(2001)
From Hell
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Thirteen Days
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Notting Hill
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Molly
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Dark City
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Desperate Measures
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Talk of Angels
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Titanic Town
Original Music Composer
(1998)
The Mighty
Original Music Composer
(1997)
G.I. Jane
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1997)
Roseanna's Grave
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Lawn Dogs
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Brassed Off
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Loch Ness
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Kiss of Death
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Richard III
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Hideaway
Original Music Composer
(1993)
In the Name of the Father
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Cliffhanger
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1993)
Death Train
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Freejack
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Blame It on the Bellboy
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1992)
CrissCross
Original Music Composer
(1992)
The Last of the Mohicans
Original Music Composer
(1991)
True Colors
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Arachnophobia
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Bad Influence
Original Music Composer
(1990)
By Dawn's Early Light
Original Music Composer
(1990)
Guns: A Day in the Death of America
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Murder on the Moon
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Sea of Love
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Mississippi Burning
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Just Ask for Diamond
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Dominick and Eugene
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Angel Heart
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Sweet Lies
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Labyrinth
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Inside the Labyrinth
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Runaway Train
Original Music Composer
(1984)
This Office Life
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1984)
Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Original Music Composer
(1983)
The Appointment
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1983)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Nate and Hayes
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Those Glory Glory Days
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Dark Crystal
Original Music Composer
(1982)
The Sender
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Excalibur
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Time Bandits
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Britannia
Original Music Composer